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Arthur Alfred Mailey

Born: 3 January 1886, Zetland, Sydney, New South Wales
Died: 31 December 1967, Kirrawee, Sydney, New South Wales
Major Teams: New South Wales, Australia.
Known As: Arthur Mailey
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Leg Break Googly


Test Debut: Australia v England at Sydney, 1st Test, 1920/21
Last Test:
Australia v England at The Oval, 5th Test, 1926

Career Statistics:

TESTS
 (career)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding   21   29   9   222   46*  11.10   0   0   14   0

                    Balls    M     R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ
Bowling              6119  115  3358   99  33.91  9-121   6   2  61.8  3.29

FIRST-CLASS
 (career: 1912/13 - 1929/30)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding  158  186  62  1530   66   12.33   0   3  157   0

                       R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10
Bowling            18772  779  24.09 10-66   61  16

- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.


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Mailey was perhaps the first in the great line of Australian leg spinners that passed through Grimmett, O'Reilly, Benaud to Warne. Mailey was fundementally an aggressive bowler, emphasising flight and spin over accuracy, and willing to buy his wickets. His strong hands and fingers (he started his working life as a labourer, which built up his strength) allowed him to spin the ball like a top. A shortish man, he tossed the ball up and invited the batsman to try and it hit it- if he could. Unfortunately, his early years were affected by the 1st world war - his first class debut was in 1912, but did not play Tests until he was in his 30s. He took 36 wickets in his first Test series, against England in 1920/21, taking 9/121 in the second innings of the fourth Test. He still holds one unfortunate record, taking 4/362 for NSW v Victoria in 1926-27, the most runs ever conceded in an innings (Victoria scored a record 1107). He was a talented artist, and after retirement wrote extensively about cricket, including his autobiography 10 for 66 and all that (his best bowling ever was of course 10 for 66). His piece telling the story of his first encounter with Victor Trumper is considered to be one of the classics of cricket writing. A sociable and friendly man he was much liked by his team mates, opponenets and colleagues in the press box. (Dave Liverman and Ashok Sridharan Sep 1999).
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